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  1. HighlandLofts

    WTB 80% lower, ar15 and or ar10.

    I am looking for a 80% ar15 and/or a ar10 lower. I can buy new, but i'd rather buy one from some one that has one they will not be useing. This will be my first build.
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    Mini Frankford wet tumbler

    The new cabelas flyer has a small wet tumbler that holds three hundred pieces of 223 brass . Regular price $129 on sale for $99. I think i might pick one up this weekend. I have the bigger model and like it. Any one of you guys have this smaller version?
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    Loading for the M1 GARAND

    I am loading ammo up for my M1 GARAND, I have 150 grain projectiles I am useing. What is the reccomend maximum pressure (fps) for these guns. I read something about it a few years ago and can't find that article. I am loading just target shooting ammo so no need to go to hot with the pressure.
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    Loading room relaxation.

    This past week had a tin of time to kill. When we get a 1/4 inch of show everything is shut down. Well we got around 18 inches of show this week so no work all week. I got a shit load of brass all 100% prepped. I got a bunch of dies all set up in my Hornady Lock n Load bushings. I loaded a...
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    Gun money 2018.

    Last year I kept track of what I spent on guns and guns and gun related stuff. I rounded the purchases up or down to the nearest dollar. Last year I spent $6,596 on my hobby. Time to start my 2019 gun money list.
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    Lubing Rifle Cases for Resising

    I will be starting to load several different calibers of rifles 222, 223, 243, 35Rem, 30/30, 30/06/ 7mmMag and a couple of others. What is your preferred way to lube the cases for resizing? After resizing do you wet tumble the brass to clean the grease/spray from the cases? If so when do you...
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    WA GUNS NEW YEARS SHOOT.

    I took my grandson to the WA GUNS New Yeas Shoot. He shot one of our 38spl revolvers. We got to meet a bunch of guys on the WA GUN Forum. I'll write more when we get home later.
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    AmmoLoad 9mm Luger Brass

    I was just looking at the local gun forum in the reloading section and seen a thread about AmmoLoad 9mm Luger brass. In side the case is a step on the case wall about a 1/3 of the way up from the base of the case. Do any of you guys have experience with this case?
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    80% lower

    Does a 80% lower need to go threw a ffl guy?
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    WTB Reloading accessories

    My brother back there in new Yorkistan needs some small ticket items for reloading. Case length gauge Loading blocks Plastics ammo cases Maybe a few loading books, I sent him several. Some powder and projectiles. Brass. What do you have extra?
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    Setting up reloading stuff.

    I started to get things set up for my brother last night, we need to go pick up some stuff at Mayhoods and some nuts & bolts to anchor another press, powder measure, Lyman case trimmer. We need some powder, primers, projectiles a can of Hornady one shot. Any one in broome, chenango or Delaware...
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    F/S LEE DIES, 41 MAGNUM SPEED LOADERS

    I have several extra sets of Lee dies. Two sets of 223, 22 Hornet, 243 and 41 magnum. $20 a set. I also have two 41 magnum.speed loaders for $20. Would trade for Lee shell holders, rcbs dies. Loading books. Or other loading stuff. I will be coming back to New Yorkistan Thursday and can...
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    308, 30/06 brass

    I local guy here has 308, 30/06 once fired brass for $15 a hundred if any one needs any. I will be coming back to broome county next week and can bring it back there. I thing I might get 300 pieces of 308 for my btother.
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    Coming to New Yorkistan

    Well I got my airline ticket today for my trip back to New Yorkistan for the regular deer season. i will be flying into Scranton airport on the Thursday right before it opens on Saturday. Looking forward to meeting several of you during my visit back there. Acer I will have your dies & ammo.
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    7.62x39

    Does any one load for your SKS? For plinking I have been buying the cheap ammo, $5 a box. For more accurate shooting I was thinking about buying some brass, dies and projectiles and ply with it a little.
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    First set up at a gun show.

    We reserved a table for our local gun show this weekend. We will see if anything goes.
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    Anybody reload shotgun?

    I bought 410 shotgun reloaded a month or so ago to load wheels up for my grandson. It will do 2 1/2" or 3". What kind of shells should I be buying to reuse. I will be do I g the 2 1/2" ones for now. Also has anyone loaded 410 using 444 Marlin cases. A acquaintance said he sold all of his...
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    Guided Maine Bear Hunt

    I have been talking with my brother about doing a guided bear hunt up in the State of Maine next year. Has any one hunted up there for bear? We are starting to check into it, we want a week long hunt, guided. He was looking at one site, the cost is $2,500 a piece with lodging plus license...
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    WTB 410 SHOTGUN HULLS

    I bought a 410 shotgun reloaded so I can reload 410 for my grandson, I could use some hulls if any one has any.
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    Guns from our youth years.

    The past couple of years i have been picking up guns that I had durring my younger years that i got rid of for some reason or another. I have picked up several, to start with here is one I have been trying to buy for a couple of years at a pawn shop. They had it hanging above the cash register...
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    2017/2018 SQUIRREL SEASON

    Seventeen days until me new squirrel season opens, and it is on a Saturday. Every one have their favorite 22lr sighted in and ready to hit the woods on the first day? When I lived in New Yorkistan i NEVER missed the first day of squirrel season or deer season since I was twelve until I moved...
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    Brass tarnish and Brasso

    I bought 350 pieces of older used 222 Remington brass. A lot of it was dull and tarnished. I ran it through the Lyman tumbler with regular walnut hulls from Harbor Freight for a couple of hours and it still had tarnish on some of the necks, rim and head stamp area. Before and after pictures of...
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    5.56 primer pockets.

    Over half of the 223/5.56 range brass i pick up have the crimped primers. So I guess i need a pocket swagger. How do they work? Never used one before, but will be buying one if it would be beneficial. I reformed some of the regular pocket brass for 7mmTCU. I will be loading some 223 up for my...
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    455 Webley

    Does any one load 455 Webley ammo? I have a few questions.
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    32 REMINGTON

    I bought an old 32 caliber Remington pump a year and a half ago at a pawn shop that had a 50% everything in the store. It was marked $349.99 so I got it for $175 no tax. I'm looking for brass and a set of dies if any one has any. I bought a old 35 caliber Remington pump about 35 years ago and...
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    WTB 32 REMINGTON BRASS AND DIES

    WANTED TO BUY: 32 REMINGTON BRASS AND DIES, PREFER RCBS.DIES.
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    WTB T/C Contender Forend, for 14: barrel

    I am looking for a forend for a T/C Contender, 14" pistol barrel. I have an extra frame with grip, and a 7mm TCU barrel. Just need a forend.
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    Forming 7mm TCU

    I will be forming 223 brass in to 7mm TCU. Any advice? Also can 5.56 brass used to make 7mm TCU? DO any of you add a filler after the powder charge to take up the slack space in the cartridge for better accuracy? I have a T/C 14 inch Contender barrel, an extra frame with pistol grip, a set...
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    What did you do in the reloading room today?

    Kind of a crappy weekend. Bored so I'm decapping fired 38spl cases. I need to reorganize the small reloading room and build a shelf for my empty case containers, bullet containers and something to store the powder in. I have around 22 one pound containers of gun powder.
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    38spl BRASS $7 a HUNDRED

    A local guy has a couple thousand pieces of 38spl. brass, mostly once fired, mixed nikle & brass. $7 a hundred. The small post office shipping box will hold 300 pieces for a shipping cost of $7 & change. So it would cost $21 for 300 pieces & $7 to ship for a total of $28. If any one wants any...
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    ANY TRAPPING COURSES COMING UP IN CENTRAL NY.

    My brother lived in Broome county and needs his trapping course to go trapping come fall. Is there any classes going on?
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    Loading 357mag with 38spl charge?

    Yesterday while out target shooting with my 6 year old grandson he shot my 7 1/2" 357 magnum Redhawk with light 38spl ammo. They are loaded with bullseye, unique and win231. The win231 was the favorite load, so I will be loading up some 38spl tonight with 4.8 grains of win231 behind a Berry 125...
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    Primer run.

    On the way home after work I need to stop by a local gun shop to pick up a few things. I'm low on small pistol primers, 32 caliber projectiles and a couple of other things. Since January I quit shopping at Cabelas, they started charging five cents per bag at the check out, as of January 15th...
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    A girl died Monday target practising.

    This past weekend a 13 year old local girl (Arlington, washington] got killer target shooting. Sunday the family went to Cle Elum for the day and were target shooting. She reloaded her gin, set it down on the table 100% ready to shoot with the safe off. She went down range to check her target...
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    Cougar killed a cyclist Saturday in WA. State

    This past Saturday there were two guys riding bikes over near Nort Bend Washington, a hundred pound male cougar attacked one of the bikers. The other guy tried to get it off of him. When he turned nd ran, the cougar chaned him and killed him. The other got on his bike and rode about 2 miles to...
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    TARGET SHOOTING,

    I took my grandson target shooting yesterday up in the Cascade Mountains. We took a forest service road that I have never driven before to find a new spot to shoot that had some shade. We found a decent spot that had plenty of shade and a decent size brook that ran under the road where we set...
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    Another Lay Away Gun

    I sold the other weather 40 CALIBER PPS Friday and stoped over to a pawn shop, they had a stainless Ruger 44 magnum super blackhawk with a 10 inch barrel that had my name on it, I put $200 down on it. I have two stainless 7 1/2 inch redhawk, one is the old style the other a super redhawk I have...
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    Another Lay-away Gun.

    I had that Remington 700, 22-250 on lay away. I picked it up a week and a half ago. They called and said the guy that brought the gun came in with a new bag of Winchester brass that goes with the gun and he will be bringing in a hundred or so once fired brass when he gets it all together...
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    Loaded up some 32 caliber rounds today

    I had the week off with no pay and we got rain yesterday until next week so today I prepped some 32 caliber brass. 32 S&W Long, some 32 H&R Magnum and some 32 Federal Magnum, I loaded up the 32 long brass one box, the 32 H&R Magnum four boxes. After diner I will go up and reload the 32 Federal...
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    Loads for 222 Remington and 22-250

    I will be starting to load up for a Remington 700 in 222Remington and for a Remington 700 in 22-250 With a bull barrel. Any suggestions on projectiles, primers and powder? I get paid next Monday and will be picking up reloading stuff afterwards. For the 22-250 I will be trying Accurate 2460...
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    Itialian 6.5 carcano

    I picked up a all original 6.5 Itailian carbine yesterday for only $125. It came with a box of Norma bullets and three clips. I want to pick up a bayonet and an original sling for it. Once I get caught up I will pick up the 7.35 itialian carbine to go with this one, I bought a set OF RCBS 6.5...
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    I love lay-away.

    I picked up an older Remington 700 in 22-250 off of lay-away a couple of weeks ago. Afterwards I went looking for another gun to put on lay-away. The only tho g I seen that appealed to me was a Thompson Center Encore with eight barrels, two of the barrels have scopes monted. BUT it was too...
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    My newest purchace.

    I picked up a older Remington 700 - 22,250 with the bullbarrel. I need to pick up a scope for it.
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    Sako bolt problem

    One of the local pawn shops has a decent damp 222 rifle at a reasonable price, but when you pull the bolt bact to eject the empty case the bolt comes out of the gun. Would that be a easy, inexpensive fix?
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    C&R QUESTION

    I didn't renew my C &R PERMIT on time so I have to reapply. The question is They sent 4 finger print cards, do all four need to be done and mailed back in? The instruction paper is really screwed up, I can not make most of it out, to fuzzy of print.
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    WTB Older lee hand held priming tool

    The title says it all, looking for an older LEE hand held priming tool.
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    642 Aireweight

    I picked up another new Smith 642 sure right today, $349 & tax, new, and got the freaking delay on the nics today with my unique pin number. Pissed me off, I like taking my gun home right then & there. I have a 22 - 250 Remington 700 on lay away at a pawn shop, I will be picking that up in a...
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    AR15 CHOICE,

    They are opening a new Coastal farm store the next town over, they have a grand opening sale going on tomorrow. They have two AR15 rifles, $599 apiece. #1 is a Ruger AT 5.56 Regular price $659 #2 is a S&W M&P Sport 2 5.56 Regular price $699 Would you buy either of these, or wait and buy...
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    Dicks are going to stop selling assult rifles

    I just see Dick will stop selling assult rifles, they can go fuck themselves.
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    Pictures of your reloading room

    I'll start, My grandsons gun art on a gun cabinet.
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